Magnotel Hotel (Hongkou Football Stadium)

“JinJiang Inn (JJ Inn), Hongkou Football Stadium”

I stayed at JJ Inn for 2 nights in Dec 2011. The room is quite spacious with two medium size beds. It has a TV, small table, and clothes hangers. It provides tea, electric jug and paper cups, as well as toiletries. There is no breakfast available, but people can eat at nearby restaurants. The h… Plus

I stayed at JJ Inn for 2 nights in Dec 2011. The room is quite spacious with two medium size beds. It has a TV, small table, and clothes hangers. It provides tea, electric jug and paper cups, as well as toiletries. There is no breakfast available, but people can eat at nearby restaurants. The hotel is about 15 minutes walk to the nearest train station at Hangkou Football Stadium (Line 3 and Line 8). From there, you can take train to go to Shanghai city centre (stop at People's Square station) in less than 15 minutes, thus it is quite convenient. If you have big luggage, just call a taxi from the hotel to go to the train station (taxi fare 14 yuan). From People Square, you can switch to line 2 to go to Hangqiou Airport or Hangqiou Railway station (high speed train to go intercity), or to go to Pudong International Airport.

Moins

“Basic but nice”

This is not a luxury hotel, but overall it is clean and quite adequate. We stayed here to get a better taste of China than in a shiny downtown hotel, and I'm glad we did. The beds were very comfortable, but there is some street noise due to honking cars. In Shanghai that can't be avoided, but at… Plus

This is not a luxury hotel, but overall it is clean and quite adequate. We stayed here to get a better taste of China than in a shiny downtown hotel, and I'm glad we did. The beds were very comfortable, but there is some street noise due to honking cars. In Shanghai that can't be avoided, but at least most honking didn't start until 7 am. The water was hot and room amenities included teamaker/tea, soap, shampoo packets, toothbrushes, and combs. The rooms were somewhere in the Motel 6 quality range, but the beds were much nicer. In-room internet is wired (the cord is included in the room), and it is adequate but not fast. The TV had about 40 channels, all but one in Chinese. The breakfast buffet was not stunning, but the price for guests was startlingly low. Hotel is located a little more than a 10-minute walk from Hongkou Stadium metro. On the other side of the metro stop are lots of shops and restaurants, as well as a huge park with paddleboats and groups dancing and exercising at various times of the day. Take the time to walk through these neighborhoods to get a better taste of daily life in Shanghai then you'll get by walking down the Bund. A taxi ride downtown is very reasonably priced if you don't want to take the metro. There is a convenience store attached to the hotel which has snacks, drinks, and an English language newspaper. Be sure to bring printed Chinese directions because cabbies may not know where the hotel is located. Also, the hotel staff does not know much (if any) English, but they were certainly friendly. Overall, a night here cost less than dinner for one in the business district, so for a value choice, this hotel is great. I didn't stay anywhere else in China, so I have nothing to compare it to.

Moins